2015, A Loudspeaker Odyssey

[Dennis Murphy]

Thanks for posting the Soundstage graphs, Peng. On their account there seems to be slight hump from 2k-5kHz in the Kef's response, that wasn't apparent in the Stereophile graph. Maybe this is what I was hearing? But the Dynaudio graph doesn't have anything similar - in fact, it's a bit depressed in that region.

Anyway, as you said, it's a very personal choice, which is what makes it interesting and fun. Thanks for all the speaker suggestions, folks. I'll keep them in mind when I'm shopping for my next pair ... in 2035...

One thing to keep in mind when examining the Soundstage measurements is that they're using 10 dB vertical demarcations, so that deviations will appear only half as great as they would on the standard 5 dB grid that we usually see.

 

[PENG]

Thanks for posting the Soundstage graphs, Peng. On their account there seems to be slight hump from 2k-5kHz in the Kef's response, that wasn't apparent in the Stereophile graph. Maybe this is what I was hearing? But the Dynaudio graph doesn't have anything similar - in fact, it's a bit depressed in that region.

Anyway, as you said, it's a very personal choice, which is what makes it interesting and fun. Thanks for all the speaker suggestions, folks. I'll keep them in mind when I'm shopping for my next pair ... in 2035...

If you look at the range between 1K and 2K, the S1 and the LS50 both have approx. 3 dB swing but almost in opposite direction. I think the resulting difference can be easily audible.